Why Can't We Be Friends?

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For the title track, see Why Can't We Be Friends? (song). For the American Dad! episode, see Why Can't We Be Friends? (American Dad!).
Why Can't We Be Friends?
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Studio album by
War
ReleasedJune 16, 1975
Recorded1974
StudioSound City Studios, Van Nuys, California
Genre
Length44:04
LabelUnited Artists
Producer
War chronology
War Live
(1974) 		Why Can't We Be Friends?
(1975) 		Love Is All Around
(1976)
Singles from Why Can't We Be Friends?
  1. "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
    Released: 1975
  2. "In Mazatlan"
    Released: 1975
  3. "Low Rider"
    Released: 1975
  4. "So"
    Released: 1975

Why Can't We Be Friends? is the seventh studio album by American funk band War, released on June 16, 1975 by United Artists Records. Two singles from the album were released: the title track backed with "In Mazatlan", and "Low Rider" backed with "So". Both A-sides were nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1976.

Of the songs on this album, an interpolation of the first part of the song "Smile Happy" was used in the song "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy featuring RikRok. Versions of the album's titular song has been used in several film productions, notably Bridge to Terabithia and Wild Things.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott), except where indicated. Note: CD edition does not break "Leroy's Latin Lament" into sections.

  1. "Don't Let No One Get You Down" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:59
  2. "Lotus Blossom" (War, Francie Nelson) – 3:59
  3. "Heartbeat" – 7:25
  4. "Leroy's Latin Lament (Medley)" - 6:36
    1. "Lonnie Dreams" – 0:49
    2. "The Way We Feel" (War, lyrics: Keri Oskar) – 1:10
    3. "La Fiesta" – 2:10
    4. "Lament" – 2:27
  5. "Smile Happy" – 7:22
  6. "So" – 4:58
  7. "Low Rider" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:11
  8. "In Mazatlan" – 2:45
  9. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 3:49

Personnel[]

War
  • Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • B. B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
  • Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, timbales, percussion, vocals
  • Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals (credit missing from LP cover)
  • Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
  • Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, percussion, vocals
  • Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals

Charts[]

Year Album Chart positions[4]
US US
R&B 		AUS[5]
1975 Why Can't We Be Friends? 8 1 81

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Beck, Dan (February 20, 2014). "Red Hot Chilli Pipers bring 'bagrock' to Easton's State Theatre". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 16, 2020. ..."Its 2010 record, "Music For a Kilted Generation," included covers of popular rock songs such as War's "Low Rider," The Who's "Baba O'Riley" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars.""
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 22, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "War US albums chart history". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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